Three Anglesey schools face the axe in education reshuffle

Anglesey Council want to close Ysgol Gymuned Bodffordd and Llangefni’s Ysgol Corn Hir, to be replaced by a new school. Ysgol Talwrn would also close with pupils transferred to extended Ysgol y Graig in Llangefni

Some parents expressed fears in response to a non-statutory consultation earlier this year, with members of the council executive set to rubber-stamp the proposals now going out to formal consultation.

Other schools in the catchment area are set to be left largely unaffected, although both Ysgol Esceifiog in Gaerwen, and Ysgol Henblas in Llangristiolus are set to undergo refurbishment.

The latter could welcome pupils from Ysgol Gymuned Bodorgan who decide not to send their children to the planned superschool in Newborough.

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Ysgol Corn Hir, built 30 years ago on the western side of Llangefni, is operating at full capacity with 221 pupils. But under the new plans, it would be merged with Ysgol Bodffordd’s 64 pupils on a new site - possibly in Rhostrehwfa.

This would come at a price of around £6.7m with the school capable of holding around 330.

While Ysgol y Graig, which was only built in 2008, currently has 339 pupils and is already full. Under the new propisals, the school would be expanded so that it could hold 420 pupils and take in the 47 currently registered at Talwrn.